Rationale design of quorum-quenching peptides that target the VirSR system of Clostridium perfringens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 22, 2015, Pages

  Pal Singh, Ravindra ^a   Okubo, Ken Ichi ^a   Ohtani, Kaori ^b   Adachi, Keika ^a   Sonomoto, Kenji ^a   Nakayama, Jiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Quorum sensing; Quorum sensing inhibitor; Synthetic AIPCp analogous; Toxin gene

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PHENYLALANINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; Z AUTOINDUCING PEPTIDE CP F4A T5S; Z AUTOINDUCING PEPTIDE CP L2A T5A; PEPTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IC50; NONHUMAN; PFOA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RECEPTOR BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PEPTIDES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84949870301     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnv188     Document Type: Article

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